Solo* & Group Exhibitions

“Surreal Futures” (2023)
Max Ernst Museum, Bruhl, Germany

“Rites of Passage” (2023)*
Range Projects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Phoenix Project: Continuing the Dialogue from 1992” (2022)

Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA

“The Black Angel of History: Myth-Science, Metamodernism, and the Metaverse (2022)
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

“Afrofutourism” (2022)
Red Door Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria

“Ancestral Futurism: Unapologetically Melanated” (2022)
Virtual Reality Experience, Oculus

Black Spectrum (2021)
Aziz Gallerie, Los Angeles, CA

“Defiance of Juncture” (2021)
Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA

“Curating the End of the World” (2020)
Google Arts & Culture, Online

“The Cookout: Kinfolk and Other Intimacies” (2020)
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn, NY

“A Beautiful Struggle: Black Feminist Futurism” (2020)
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI

“AfroAlchemy” (2019)*
Alkebulan Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA

“Yesterday, Today, and the Future” (2019)
Alkebulan Cultural Center, Pasadena, CA

“Four Women” (2019)
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

“Back to Black” (2018)
Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA

“The AfroFuture” (2018)*
WorldBeat Cultural Center, San Diego, CA

Catalogues, Books, & Publications

Space-Time Collapse Vol II: Community Futurisms (2020)
Cover Artwork

The Black Speculative Arts Movement: Black Futurity, Art + Design (2019)
Contributing Artist

University of Copenhagen
Women, Gender & Research Journal (2018)

Cover Artwork and Article Illustrations

Lectures & Symposia

Beaucoup Hoodoo Fest, New Orleans, LA (2022)
Guest Facilitator, Tarot for Black Folks Workshop

SXSW Online (2021)
Panelist, Future of Open Archives

Creative Capital (2020)
Guest Speaker , Archival Storytelling Workshop

The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture (2020)
Participant, Open Archive Initiative: Gathering Wisdom

Claremont College (2020)
Guest Lecturer, Office of Black Student Affairs

Television Credits

Insecure - HBO (2021)
Artwork featured in Season 5, Episode 10

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey - Apple TV (2022)
Commissioned portrait featured throughout Season 1

Commissions, Collaborations, & Special Projects

Allison Russell “The Returner” (2023)
Album Artwork for 4x Grammy-Nominated Recording Artist Allison Russell

Los Angeles Lakers “In the Paint: Season 2” (2023)
Contributing Artist

Nike “Join Forces” 40 Year Anniversary of Air Force Ones (2022)
Fed Ex Forum, Memphis, TN
designed and live painted a mural as a part of interactive art activation

Crenshaw Remembers: Arts & Wellness Family Festival (2022)
Featured Artist, Live Painting

Los
Angeles County Department of Mental Health (2019)
billboard, poster, and signage artwork for mental health/suicide awareness campaign displayed citywide

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